Posted by Ritch on February 28, 2005, at 13:04:20
In reply to Bipolar II questions, posted by fires on February 28, 2005, at 8:51:39
> My Neuro. thinks I may have BP II. I've been reading up on it, and I didn't find any mention of some of my key symptoms/signs. Do any of you BP IIs experience any or all of the following:
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> -- intermittent ringing ears that are worse during hyopmanic phase?Get the intermittent ringing ears, but they are mostly triggered by antidepressants.
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> --- you have periods during the day when you feel almost "normal" whatever phase you are in?Yes, sometimes I feel fine the first few hours of the day and then start feeling like crap toward the end of the day.. sometimes that is reversed.
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> --- you've had symptoms during the hypomanic phase which are similar to those of a transient ischemic attack?Stroke? Not that I can remember. What are your symptoms...?
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> ---- you've had as many as 4 to 6 mood swings in one 24 hr period for many days in a row?When totally untreated when I was 19, I had some frequent daily mood flips for several days during the time of year I tend to get "mixed" episodes or depressed.
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> ---- you've experienced excessive salivation while eating when in hypomanic phase?WB and Celexa/Lexapro can trigger a swallowing 'tic', lexapro made it a little tough to stop salivating and swallowing after eating.
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> I can't find any mention of the above in any of the articles I've read.
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> Also, Im thinking of asking my pdoc if I can be hospitalzed for 24 hours at a major university neuropsychiatric hospital -- strictly for assessment? Does this sound reasonable/possible?
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> Thanks
>If you are seeing a neurologist at the moment, you might ask about getting a 24-hr. ambulatory sleep-deprived EEG done, to see if there is a seizure focus someplace.
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